Researchers theorize that an adult male dipped his finger in red ocher and intentionally used the pigment to complete the ...

Scientists say they found one of the oldest known symbolic objects bearing a human fingerprint in Europe. The print hints at ...

The discovery could deepen our understanding of the Neanderthal mind, but some experts aren’t convinced by the interpretation ...

Neanderthals may have used a red pigment on a rock to shape what looks like art - a rendition of a facial figure from 43,000 ...

The print was left on a 43,000-year-old piece of artwork made on a stone by a Neanderthal. It’s a rare instance of a rock not ...

The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of ...

Before Neanderthals went extinct 40,000 years ago, they occupied Europe for hundreds of thousands of years before modern ...

Noting how the finger-painted red dot combines with a series of natural depressions in the pebble to form an image, the ...

Archaeologists discovered a human fingerprint left on a rock in Spain now considered the oldest known human fingerprint.

Around 43,000 years ago, a Neanderthal dipped their finger in ocher and stamped the very center of a pebble. This one small ...

Scientists unearthed a granite pebble bearing the world's oldest known human fingerprint, left by a Neanderthal approximately ...

An ancient granite pebble included indentations resembling a face, its nose a red dot. A study says it may have had symbolic ...